Travellers returning to the UK from ‘red list’ countries will be sent to quarantine hotels for 10 days, the government has announced. <br /> <br />The new measures aim to reduce the risk of new Covid variants entering the country. <br /> <br />Travel from 22 countries with a risk of a new variant – including Portugal, South Africa, and all of South America – has already been banned. <br /> <br />Meanwhile, airline bosses are demanding that the government provides an "urgent road map for the reopening of air travel”. Report by Avagninag. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn